Rock Legends at Rockfield -- great new book
ROCK LEGENDS book in top ten of 2007
The Western Mail (National daily newspaper for Wales) picks its top ten Welsh books of the year.Resident critic John Jones picks his best of the year.ROCK LEGENDS AT ROCKFIELD makes number 3. The Top 10 is:
1 Caryl Lewis Martha, Jack and Shanco (Parthian, £8.99)
2 Hannah Jones Diary of a Diet (Accent, £6.99)
3 Jeff CollinsRock Legends at Rockfield (UWP, £13.99)Black Sabbath, Motorhead and Queen were just some of the icons who visited Rockfield, a farmhouse near Monmouth where some of the greatest rock albums ever made were produced. A fascinating account of some often bizarre tales surrounding the making of these recordings.
4 Mike Parker Neighbours from Hell? (Y Lolfa, £6.95)
5 Rhys Davies The Withered Root (Library of Wales, £7.99)
6 John Hopkins Golf Wales (Graffeg, £14.99)
7 Derek Brockway Whatever the Weather (Gomer, £14.99)
8 Imogen Rhia Herrad The Woman who Loved an Octopus and other Saints' Tales (Seren, £6.99)This collection of short stories shows us the female saints of Wales as never seen before, bringing together 12 themed tales based on their lives and legends. Sometimes, elements of a myth are used as a framework for a new story, flooding the old tale with a fresh, or possibly rediscovered, meaning.
9 Edited by Meic Stephens Poetry (Library of Wales, £9.99)
10 Anthony Stokes The Valleys (Seren, £25)